Sweetpea
Group: Members
Posts: 1476
Joined: April 2007 |
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Posted: Sep. 17 2007, 04:04 |
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i'm a sixteen year old, most of you are double, triple, or quadruple that age. - hayman
Sex anb food are primary urges to man, but for you can squeeze in getting-to-know-about-mike-odlfied-recording-session-details in between the two. It's all about the details. It's small questions like these that I can sit and think about on my veranda with a cup of cofee and a walkman. It's wonderful. And it keeps the fear of global warming at arm's length. - larstangmark
I laughed out loud a couple of months ago when someone complained about that section of "Incantations" where someone sang "Canada" over and over and over. - hiawatha
i love the bells. bells bells bells bells bells! i love 'em all! and i don't care if he makes 99 more bells albums, i think they'd all be great and i'd be excited for all those too. THE BELLS RULE! ! - tubularbills
Mike Oldfield is a stunning musician, one of the greatest composers of our time, but by Christ his lyrics suck! - lordlucan
I think it's impossible for Mike to make something that completely sucks. There's gotta be some sub-conscious message in his brain that secretly puts awesome things through without him noticing! - MusicallyInspired
most people worship the etherical space Ommadawn exists in, but it took me 10 or so listens just to even find it bearable. - arron11196
William Tell - I'm not such a fan of the record, but I think this video is hilarious. I especially like the way that the Mike playing the glockenspiel slopes in half way through smoking a ciggie. - familyjules
in light of mat's suggestion, you will now all be called "oldfield guru peoples" instead of hipie nerds. - hayman
If you go down the 'no machinery' road you end up with the only authentic experience being to sit in the same room while Mike plays acoustic guitar. Which would of course be very nice, but that's not my point! - Alan D
I am one of those who thinks that "Plum Bum" is not a very good album title - hiawatha
Regarding the title, I don't care at all about what it means, or if it is suitable, or why he chose it etc. etc. All that matters to me is the music inside. As far as I'm concerned, he could call it F*ck you and I'd still buy it. - Ugo
I think if he was to suggest "dog shit" as his album title we would all be concerned! - Chicular
Well, I'm sure Mike can sell albums with crazy titles. That rapper eminem can even sell an album which contains a photo in the cd booklet of him shooting his own fans. Damn, this is a crazy world, isn't it? - Blue Dolphin
I always felt that a true artist shouldn't care about what fans think. Of course that could be called egoism, but -- an artist doesn't "owe" fans anything. In my perfect world an artist has only one person to satisfy -- him/herself. Fans will always complain -- if the artists reinvent themselves it will be about "destroying their legacy and betraying the fans", if they don't -- it will be about "not being able to think of anything new". And that's why fans should be ignored. Having said that, why don't we capture Mike, lock him in some basement with shitloads of non-Flimsy Loopy instruments and force him to record Incantations II before he's allowed to see his bikes again? - Navaira
How nice is it that a discussion between fans of an artist on an Internet forum, has had some really intelligent argument without anyone resorting to name calling or blind rage. Both sides of the argument have made some really interesting points and covered picasso and mozart on the way. Well done us! It certainly beats "XYZ sux." "no he doesn't ur a loser". Mike Oldfield fans once again prove themselves to be the most articulate and passionate of any out there - and also possibly the most attractive! - Ricky Bling
Politeness is a definite requirement - not because Mike's a demigod, but because it's what stops this forum turning into a scene rather like the monkey enclosure at the zoo when feeding time's overdue - Korgscrew
My cat, bless him, has just hopped up onto the desk, caught a Daddylonglegs and crunched it in front of me. Yuck. (I digress) - bee
-------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty
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